{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1980/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1980/563",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1980",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Grounds of application for financial provision",
  "text": "Either party to a marriage may apply to the court for an order under Article 4 on the ground that the other party to the marriage. . .\n(a) has failed to provide reasonable maintenance for the applicant; or\n(b) has failed to provide, or to make a proper contribution towards, reasonable maintenance for any child of the family; or\n(c) has, since the date of the marriage, committed adultery; or\n(d) has behaved in such a way that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent; or\n(e) has deserted the applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1989 NI 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1980/563/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:37.032982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}